Wednesday, 13 September 2017

Job Centre meeting

So i arrive for my 2 appointments at the job centre, I have been advised they will both take about 45mins.

I am called 15mins early.....

This first meeting takes 10mins, I am asked for bank statements, i explain i was not informed to bring these, but i have online banking so i can show the person my account through my app... 

“No it has to be paper statements, because we don’t know the phone you are using or the app is for your bank account it could be anyones”  

this stateement in itself is contradictory, as i think, what is stopping me taking my mates bank statements into the job centre... my app will show my account name (my name) I leave this thought alone as i have enough to concern myself with

I am ushered across the room to my second meeting which is much more brutal, the ‘work couch’ is condescending and speaks to me like i am something she just trod in. 

“ Do you have a CV” she snaps, i pass my CV to her, 
she sighs.. 
“You have to email it to me”  
ok i say, i will do that at the library tomorrow 
  “Task incomplete” she mutters to herself.  

She then robotically speeds through my job search commitment and like a dodgy saleman, turns straight to the signature box  “sign here to accept this agreement, if you fail to do anything your money will be stopped” 
i asked for time to read through the document,
 “ I have just explained it all if you don’t understand anything call the centre number (thats the 0330 number) and they can explain it” “sign”  so ii sign...  

Thats it 20 mins of a supposed 45min appointment and i feel deflated.


So having now read the document in detail, i MUST complete 35hrs per week of job searching, thats 7 hrs per day on a 5 day week.  
I don’t have internet at home, I don’t have a laptop, so i calculate that 6hrs of internet use in the library ( i get the 1st hour free don’t forget) works out at £14.40 per day which is £72 per week, I already know i will only be able to afford this for one maybe 2 weeks at a push... then what???

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